What is The Bulletproof Musician?

Are you tired of practicing your butt off, only to sound like a shell of yourself once you walk onstage? Wouldn’t it be nice if you could get up there with confidence, absolutely nail the performance, and walk off feeling great about how you played?

The purpose of this website is to teach musicians who are performing below their potential, how to overcome stage fright, performance anxiety, and other blocks to peak performance. The articles on this site will help you develop the tools you need to master the mental side of performing. These skills will allow you to experience the thrill of performing the way you know you can – even when the lights are brightest. Wait, let me rephrase that. Especially when the lights are brightest.

If you came here looking for a quick fix or a magic pill, I’m afraid you will have to look elsewhere. Learning how to perform your best under pressure takes work. Stage fright and performance anxiety are natural reactions to important events such as auditions, concerts, and recitals, so performing consistently well requires reprogramming your response to stress.

What I am offering you is no superficial “band-aid”, but a collection of established principles, techniques, and psychological skills from the research literature on performance psychology and based on my experience and training in music and psychology. I won’t waste your time with tricks or gimmicks.

The ultimate goal of The Bulletproof Musician? For you to discover what it takes to rise above the nerves, distractions, and stressful circumstances of a performance, to feel as though nothing can get to you, and when the moment of truth arrives, play the way you know you can.

To be, in a word, bulletproof.

Where to Begin?

1. The Blog Page – Jump right in, and see what has been posted recently on the main blog page.

2. The Archives – Go to the archives to browse by month.

3. Popular Articles – Check out the most popular articles by scrolling down to the Popular Posts section at the bottom of this page.

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